. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . n, armed with all the appliances of modernscience and skill, are engaged in the work of slaughtering each other, it isimpossible by the power of words to convey an adequate idea of its terriblesublimity. The constant booming of cannon, the ceaseless rattle and roar ofmusketry, the glimpses of galloping horsemen and marching infantry, nowseen, now lost in the smoke, adding weirdness to terror, all together make upa combination of sights and sounds wholly indescribable. Opposite the
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . n, armed with all the appliances of modernscience and skill, are engaged in the work of slaughtering each other, it isimpossible by the power of words to convey an adequate idea of its terriblesublimity. The constant booming of cannon, the ceaseless rattle and roar ofmusketry, the glimpses of galloping horsemen and marching infantry, nowseen, now lost in the smoke, adding weirdness to terror, all together make upa combination of sights and sounds wholly indescribable. Opposite the rear of Longstreets position I overtook General Ripley, ofD. H. Hills division, who, after having had dressed a serious wound in theneck, was returning to the command of his brigade, then hotly him I obtained some information of the progress of the battle in thecenter. Hurrying on, I was soon met by a staff-officer, who informed me that it wasGeneral Jacksons wish that I should go to the assistance of Hood, who washard pressed and almost out of ammunition, adding that if I found the W Federals in possession of the wood on the Hagerstown road, I must drivethem out, as it was the key of the battle-field. He further explained that there was between the wood, just referred to,and the left of D. H. Hills position, a gap of at least a third of a mile, andthat I must leave a part of my command to fill it, and to support the reservebatteries under Colonel Stephen D. Lee which would also occupy the gap. For this purpose I detached the 27thNorth Carolina and the 3d Arkansas ofMannings brigade, and placed themunder the orders of Colonel John , of the former regiment. | Moving forward, we soon reachedthe rear of Hoods position, and there,forming line of battle with Eansom onthe left, we moved forward to Hoodsrelief, supported by McLawss division,which at that moment (10:30 a. m.)arrived from Harpers Ferry. By thistime the Federals [under Sedgwick]had forc
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